Key Points
Looking at the turn of events in the past year, Trudeau seems laser-focused on dragging down the India-Canada relationship to a point of no return..
Therefore, the political class in Canada needs to rise to the occasion and save the bilateral equation from the Trudeau problem.. High drama unfoldedthis week,with the Canadian government ballooning up allegations against India by naming the serving Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats as persons of interest in an ongoing investigation on the killing ofSikh separatistHardeep Singh Nijjar..
From day one since Trudeau started this fiasco last year, the Indian government has unequivocally rejectedthe allegations and questioned Canadas inability to share any evidencea fact theCanadian PMrecentlyacknowledgedin a public testimony...
Indias strategic importance and leadershipboth across the region and globallywill only increase as Indiathe worlds biggest democracybecomes the most populous country in the world and continues to grow its economy, the strategycontended.. Clearly, Trudeausmyopiaon the strategic goals of the India-Canada relationship is instark contrastto howNew Delhiand Washington are dealing with the case ofanother Sikh separatist,Gurpatwant Singh Pannun..
Though inter-state diplomatic spats and sparring are not off the book in international relations and do happen occasionally even among the best of allies and partners, the way the Trudeau government has handled the case publicly against India without providing any substantial evidence is what makes itparticularlydamaging...
